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O. J. Simpson
San Francisco, California, USA
Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, pri…
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Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public, Simpson's professional success was later overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Simpson played college football for the USC Trojans, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. During his nine seasons with the Bills, Simpson received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selections from 1972 to 1976. He also led the league in rushing yards four times, in rushing touchdowns twice, and in points scored in 1975. In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, earning him NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), and is the only NFL player to do so in a 14-game regular season. Simpson holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average at 143.1. After retiring with the San Francisco 49ers in 1979, Simpson pursued an acting and broadcasting career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. In June 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. He was acquitted in a lengthy and internationally publicized trial, but found liable for the deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. Prior to his death, Simpson had paid little of the $33.5 million judgment (equivalent to $64 million in 2023). In 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He served his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center near Lovelock, Nevada. He was granted parole in July 2017, released from prison in October, and granted early release from his parole in December 2021 by the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. He died in 2024 at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article O. J. Simpson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
OJ Unseen: Exploitation of Evil
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2026
OJ Unseen: Exploitation of Evil
Movie Self
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2025
Elway
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Detective Tom Lange and the O.J. Simpson Case (Part 1)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
TMZ Presents | O.J.: How He Really Did It
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies & Murder
Movie Self
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2022
Killer Sally
TV show Self - Acquitted of Double Homicide (archive footage)
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2021
When Ruby Wax Met...
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Tiger King
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
OJ25
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2019
Dark Side of the Ring
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2018
Basketball: A Love Story
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2018
O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
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2017
O.J.: Guilty in Vegas
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2017
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2016
O.J.: Made in America
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2016
O.J.: Made in America
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2016
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
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2015
O.J. Speaks: The Hidden Tapes
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2015
The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
2012: Time for Change
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2009
History of the Buffalo Bills
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2006
Juiced with O.J. Simpson
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2006
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
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2003
Murders of Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Bamboozled
Movie Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
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1999
Absolutely 100% Guilty
Movie Himself
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1996
O.J. Simpson: The Interview
Movie Self
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1996
Ruby Wax Meets
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1995
Nicole's Revenge
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1994
O.J. Fitness: Minimum Maintenance Fitness for Men
Movie Himself
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1994
Fall from Grace: O.J.'s Last Run
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie Nordberg
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1992
No Place to Hide
Movie Allie Wheeler
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1992
C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa
Movie Nick Murphy
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1992
Adventures in Wonderland
TV show O.J. Simpson
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1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Movie Nordberg
